Comments by "Steve Parker" (@steveparker8065) on "Rishi Sunak dishes out £15billion cut to bills as he announces energy windfall tax" video.

Do you realise all households get the £400 grant, all 28.7 million households in Britain? and that while you earn a few quid, you aren't a top priority over poor families who can't afford to feed their children even with help from a local food bank? We're all struggling, I've had to go on a water fast at the end of some months as I run out food. Personally, I think we should renationalise the energy grid and stop giving our taxes and consumer profits to an energy cartel and their shareholder's offshore bank accounts.
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@Mimi25291 £400 to all households. So 400 times 28.7 million households is just over £11 billion, the rest will be used to help those in most need.
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@Charlotte_Dardenne lol how many times do I have to point out that every household in Britain gets their fair share of that money (£11 billion)? The £4 billion left over is prioritized to those at risk of starvation or death because they can't turn on the dialysis machine or ventilator that keeps them alive...
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So prices are going up over £800 a year for the average household because of the recent price cap, yet the government are going to give us all a £400 grant... Wow, you could just stop the energy cartel ripping us off via legislation or go back in time to before you sold taxpayer's property off to that cartel by renationalising our energy...
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@Fahrenheit451. They certainly do, privatisation is simply a way for the rich to get their hands on taxpayer-owned industries and turn them into profits at any cost. They get corporate welfare, tax breaks and subsidies all paid for by the taxpayer and can also rip us off as consumers by price-fixing as they have a monopoly.
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@hazelb7218 Yes, 1/3rd of the British workforce is living in working poverty. We have a corrupt government who are waging war on the poor, vulnerable and disabled. Spending hundreds of billions of our taxmoney on corporations who have bumper profits and overpriced government contracts for their mates. Then leaving the majority of people with these little peace offerings to keep us placated.
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@Cassie That's all anecdotal tabloid sensationalism. People can't afford to work or find a job locally because of the system. I've been in and out of work with different agencies and if the job doesn't last more than 2 months I'm actually worse off. Despite qualifying two years ago to lead audit a corporation for ISO9001 I'm stuck reliant on public transport taking jobs that are 3 hrs of travelling per day. Most people on the dole are temporarily ill or between agency jobs. Some are disabled and unable to work. A few no doubt take advantage of the system, but that's the exception to the rule. The lack of union representation is why 1/3rd of the workforce live in working poverty, we have zero-hour contracts, low wages and short term agency work being the only choice for many.
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